Have been working on the computer issue.. believe I have MB problems.. will go off line at random times, drop the browser periodically, and just do weird stuff.. not consistantly.. reboot fixes it... for a while... the other systems are not affected.. got that system shut down.. will be reinstalling the OS on a different HD... process of elimination is happening.. may just spring for a new MB/ i3 processor and go Win7, as XP support gets dropped next year and I can't get IE9 or 10 on XP.. if I can find the drivers I need, it will happen soon..

OlderGuy:Have been working on the computer issue.. believe I have MB problems.. will go off line at random times, drop the browser periodically, and just do weird stuff.. not consistantly.. reboot fixes it... for a while... the other systems are not affected.. got that system shut down.. will be reinstalling the OS on a different HD... process of elimination is happening.. may just spring for a new MB/ i3 processor and go Win7, as XP support gets dropped next year and I can't get IE9 or 10 on XP.. if I can find the drivers I need, it will happen soon..

It could be a memory stick going bad or the MB as you suspect. Most likely a bad solder joint due to lead free solder. A quick way to rule out or prove a MB problem would be to download Damn Small Linux and run it from the CD, it's only 50Mb on disk and it runs from ram so it won't change anything on your hard drive. Just set your CD drive as the first boot option in the BIOS.

/Note to self - never google cats in sweaters again - it will suck you into the infinite depths of the interwebs from which there is no escape

The expression of the middle picture cat cracked me up! If ever there was a "I am NOT happy!" look, this is it. My cat Winslow would give me that look if ever I tried to dress him in a sweater. This is him checking out the pumpkins last fall:

Retreat to ft of pg 7, which was fairly lucky except for the Sweater Show(Suzy's Sweater of Death isn't any worse than any depictured there). yobbery, if you know or can find someone to spin Biscuit's fur into yarn (esp for either free gratis or a friendly price), a sweater knit of his own fur wouldn't really be creepy at all! Also, it'd be purrfect match. Don't know how to spin but might be able to knit, given desired dimensions ..... would also do it for free gratis, tho am not sure would also spring for yarn postage. But not until after barbershop contests! Quartets (am not in one but wish to watch & cheer, 5 QTs from my chorus!) 4-12-13, chori 4-13-13.Time for me to turn into a watermillion or something like. CU good folk in the Daylit AM.